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Espacio Minimo: ANTONIO MONTALVO : El Sue�o de Santa �rsula / Saint Ursula�s Dream - 16 Dec 2008 to 31 Jan 2009 Current Exhibition |
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ANTONIO MONTALVO El Sue�o de Santa �rsula / Saint Ursula�s Dream 16th December 2008 to 31st January 2009 Private View: Tuesday 16th December at 20:00 ANTONIO MONTALVO, (Granada, 1982), has chosen El Sue�o de Santa �rsula (Saint Ursula�s Dream) as the title for his first solo show, which is to be held at the Espacio M�nimo gallery. This project, specifically created for this show, consists of a series of paintings in various formats which are all, in one way or another, related to the collection of works that Vittore Carpaccio dedicated the life of Saint Ursula. Saint Ursula�s dream in particular depicts the very moment when, while sleeping, she receives notice of her future martyrdom. In a chapter dedicated to Antonio Montalvo included in the book Arte desde Andaluc�a para el siglo XXI, F. JAVIER S�NCHEZ writes: Beyond the practice of analytic painting, be it that which reflects on the medium and its conventions or where the focus is on institutions and their mechanisms, and also beyond formalisms or ideological critiques, the �position of the painter as spectator� achieves a relevant place within contemporary painting. (�) The museum space itself and its function become the themes to be explored in a new narrative painting. Montalvo assimilates these strategies placing paintings inside of his paintings, but he disassociates himself with the postmodern practice of appropriation and its critique of authorship, treating them instead as another motif in the painting�s narrative. In his work, however, the viewer is not visible and is not formulated in a naturalistic way. It is the pictorial language itself that places the viewer within a narrative about aesthetic culture. The absence of a unifying view point, that is, the dislocation of represented space through the collage-like multiplicity of perspectives, or the rupture of conventions about light and form, or the coexistence of opposite pictorial resources, make any reference to mimesis impossible as the only reality is that which goes through the images. The matte treatment of the surface, in which fugued geometric forms order the composition, causes a sustained tension within the pictorial field between two-dimensional plane and spatial representation. These interiors are large tall rooms flooded with neutral light which house artworks such as shiny and smooth minimalist surfaces, reproductions of classical sculptures or vitrines with unformed objects. These spaces turn into scenes where the artist�s gaze on the nature of its own medium is brought into view. Antonio Montalvo constructs his painting practice between meta-discourse and homage, pointing towards ways of exploring aesthetics from the perspective of a self-conscious practice of painting, moving away from postmodern complacency and accessing the unconscious mind through the images� multiplicity of visual meaning. The results are mysterious, uncanny, and unclassifiable paintings. Antonio Montalvo 16 Dic. 2008 / 31 Ene. 2009 ANTONIO MONTALVO, (Granada, 1982), ha elegido El Sue�o de Santa �rsula como t�tulo para su primera exposici�n individual, que consiste en un proyecto espec�fico realizado para la galer�a Espacio M�nimo, con la que inicia su colaboraci�n profesional, que est� formado por una colecci�n de pinturas de diferente formato cuyo germen, de un modo u otro, nace de la famosa pintura de Vittore Carpaccio del mismo nombre perteneciente al ciclo sobre la vida de la Santa y que representa el momento en el que en un sue�o recibe el anuncio del martirio. ANTONIO MONTALVO es Licenciado en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Granada. Ha participado con anterioridad en algunas exposiciones colectivas - Certamen Andaluz de Artes Pl�sticas 2006, Premios Injuve para la Creaci�n J�ven 2007. Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Generaci�n 2008. Premios y Becas de Arte Caja Madrid�- y tiene obra en algunas colecciones espa�olas como la Fundaci�n Rodr�guez-Acosta, Fundaci�n CajaSur, Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Museo Gustavo de Maeztu o la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Granada. |
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